Knock Knock Knock
Suddenly, Lucas heard a knock on the door
"Come in," Lucas said
"Hello, sir," said Ethan, after entering the room. "We're out of the dungeon, we'll be at the port soon."
(Interesting!! ) Noah thought with an interested look in his eyes. As Noah was able to know that Ethan has a contracting soul. For that Ethan must have known about the loyalty contract, but he did not ask his master any disturbing questions that prove his loyalty and professionalism, and in addition to that, Noah knew that Ethan had noticed his presence and this was something not everyone is capable of.
Usually, the owner of the necklace is the only one who can see Noah, spirits can also see him, but they will not dare to mention his existence without his permission, even to the humans who contract with them.
"Sir, these are the Pegasus horses you requested is ready." Ethan said
"Thank you, Ethan, Then let's go, our destination is Turtle Mountain," said Lucas, after riding the winged Horse.
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In a very dark place where the average person would not be able to see even their hands, a group of children stood in order, looking in the same direction. In front of them was a huge platform on which a group of men were standing side to side.
Suddenly one of the men stepped forward and said "Today there will be another test in the maze, there are badges hidden in the maze to complete the test you must find and protect the badges from competitors until the end of the test. You should know that the maze contains only ten symbols," the man said in a cold voice, "and as usual there are no rules and failure means death."
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Nearby two winged horses descended in the middle of a forest under the foot of the mountain called Turtle Mountain.
"Is it time for you to tell me why we are here, sir?" Ethan said after getting off the Pegasus.
"Do you remember the magical weapon that was stolen from the family three months ago?" said Lucas as he looked towards the mountains.
"Do you mean the Ice River Sword?" Asked Ethan with surprised expressions. Because the ice River sword is a rare-ranked weapon, one of the most powerful weapons owned by the Morningstar family but it was stolen three months ago, under mysterious circumstances.
"Yes, the group responsible for this theft is the assassin's organization nicknamed the serpents, and their headquarters is hidden in this forest," Lucas said, "but I do not know its exact location."
"Alright sir, leave it to me." said Ethan, then closed his eyes and released his spiritual feeling.
Suddenly Ethan opened his eyes and said pointing in a certain direction. "I feel a suffused death aura coming from this direction."
" Then let's go " Lucas
After more than an hour of walking, Lucas and Ethan finally arrived in front of a large rock. Then Ethan used his spiritual sense one more time and said "The aura is coming from this place, the entrance must be nearby."
When Lucas heard that, he concluded that this rock in front of them is the entrance so without wasting any time Lucas punched the rock with all his might. Hence, The boulder that is at least three meters long and more than two meters thick has become a crumb because of Lucas's punch.
After the Disappearance of the rock, a gap appeared in the ground about a meter and a half wide, it seems as if the rock was laid here to cover this hole.
"Let's enter," Lucas said before jumping into the gap, followed by Ethan. Unexpectedly, the hole was so deep at least fifty meters underground. Which made the fall a little longer than expected
But despite the long drop Lucas fell to the ground without any damage making a loud noise and a big hole in the ground. While Ethan used his power to slow his fall and he descended smoothly.
After his descent, Ethan looked around him with a surprised expression while thinking (Are these houses?)
After they got down, Ethan and Lucas could see what looked like a small village consisting of several stone houses in their sight, with magic lamps in the streets and many inhabitants moving around the village.
(So, this is the headquarters of the serpent organization, it is no wonder that it has remained hidden all this time even though many of the major forces were looking for them… but how did the master find it in such a short period of time ) Ethan thought, looking at Lucas with a complex look
"Discharge there are intruders"
"There are intruders on the north side."
"You tell the chiefs, that all remaining forces follow me to deal with the intruders."
Suddenly Lucas and Ethan heard many loud voices coming from the stone village
"They found us quickly, they seem to be a bit clever," said Lucas with an expressionless face, looking at the tens of armed men coming towards them. Thus, in an instant Lucas and Ethan were surrounded by more than a hundred devout men.
"Ethan, I will handle them" said Lucas without giving much attention to the masked men.
"Okay, Sir," Ethan said looking at the man with a cold expression on his face.
"Who are you? And what's your purpose in coming here?" Suddenly one of the men who seemed to be the captain said with a careful expression.
Even though there were only two enemies, all the masked men kept their guard up, because as professional killers with just a glimpse they could recognize the threat that a person can make, and currently their instincts warned them that the two men in front of them were very dangerous.
Then Lucas retrieves two daggers with his subspace and said, "Dead peoples, don't need to know."
After hearing this the captain shouted "Attack," as he rushed towards the intruder followed by his men, but…
Running assassins attack Lucas from all sides, but after a few minutes passes hundreds of assassins are killed without mercy only one alive.
After a short time, except for the commander, all the masked men fell to the ground lifeless.
According to the events he sees in his dream Ethan died in the dungeon. Consequently, The death of Ethan greatly weakened the power of the Morningstar family, which led to their destruction at the hands of the so-called Hero.
But that didn't happen even though we go to the dungeon because Lucas Morningstar died aged ago and after that I became Lucas Morningstar. After the dream I decided that I will not letting Ethan died in any wars that was going to happen in future and Ethan more loyal to Morningstar family then me.
So I am going help the Morningstar family from now on, and create the most powerful family under my order to do that I will make them powerful enough to protect themselves from any danger. That is why I don't clear the dungeon because that will be the training ground of the knight in future.